I have a question about Explorer is reporting the wrong amount of free space (FAT32 Free Space Bug):

i tried running scandskw.exe, but i kept getting a notification that data was being written to the hard drive, interrupting the process. any suggestions? i'm trying to accurately determine my available hard disk space (right now is claims that over 17 of my 20 gigs are used, which is impossible. i'm down to the bare bones) to that i can partition my drive, install windows 2000, and finally be rid of ME! any help is greatly appreciated.

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Run SCANDISK and DEFRAG after booting Windows ME into Safe Mode (Hold Ctrl or F8 key down before Windows ME splash screen. Then select Safe Mode from the boot menu.)

Before doing that, try Disabling System Restore and then re-enabling System Restore, to delete all the old restore points. This will free up space used by System Restore, in case there is corrupted control file causing excessive retention of Restore files.

Get and run a copy of the DELINDEX.BAT file and place it on your C:\ drive. Then boot from a Windows ME Startup boot diskette and run the batch file per its instructions. It will clear out INDEX.DAT files junk and free up disk space, so that the system and IE can run better.

See Windows ME Fixes to resolve many common fixable problems.

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